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This little church next to the Duomo in Siracusa seems to be sort of a forgotten gem.
The church is rather small in comparison to the dome but the painting in the back is well worth visit.
If one wants to spend more time, ask one of the guides.
They will provide a whole lot of background information.

Walking back from the theatres via the Santuario we 'found' this wonderful church with the huge piazza in front - we could not stay for the catacombs and they were preparing the church with flowers for a wedding. What a building though.

This site should be better visited. It houses the oldest catacombs in sicily but the catacombs of san giovanni are larger and the san giovanni site houses the oldest christian worship site in sicily. The two are must sees. The kairos leaflet picked up from any of these sites or the tiny eleventh century church at the entrance to neapolis...
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Today I had the tour guide to myself which was lovely. We went first to the small octagonal baroque church where Saint Lucia was buried at one point (her poor body got 'kidnapped' on a couple of occasions by other rulers so this is not her final resting spot). Next week went to the catacombs where the guide showed me...
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On our first outing here we went into the Sepulchre and there was a guide giving a talk in Italian. His party then moved off through a door to the left and when we tried to follow we were stopped. We later found that this door linked to the entrance to the catacombs which we visited on a different day....
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Beautiful facade in the stunning Duomo square. We were hoping to see yet another beautiful painting by Caravaggio...but it's not in very good condition and a bit too far behind the altar. Also poorly illuminated.

This basilica is located in a side of Syracuse not far from the port side of the city.
its a nice big sure on its side and a medium size park at the end near the little building at the end of the square.
I certainly did enjoy my time reflecting when doing my visit.

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